In regards to a use of big words, did anyone else struggle with the Coruscant Nights books? I am an avid reader, so my vocabulary is decent. But I continually had to reference a dictionary. Words like ecumenopolis, phantasmagorical, etc.

Nah, I thought it was okay. I'm pretty used to reading books with big words and instead of cracking my head over it I just leave the word out, reread the sentence and everything makes sense to me. Sometimes it's quite hard reading like that but I learned to cope. _________________We fight, we earn, we never learn. And through it all, the hero falls...
~Heroes, Mika~

Finished THG. I don't want to start anything yet, as I'd quite like to dive right into book 2, as soon as it arrives. However, if I can't come up with a way to procrastinate, I may read Dracula, after hearing about this new TV show (called, imaginatively enough, Dracula).

Dracula falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

Stoker in his grave: turn, turn, turn.

Indeed._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Dracula falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

Stoker in his grave: turn, turn, turn.

Indeed.

That was the plot of the 1992 Coppola movie, and that had the dude's name on it. I don't see why this should bother him more._________________The absurd man thus catches sight of a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given, and beyond which all is collapse and nothingness. He can then decide to accept such a universe and draw from it his strength, his refusal to hope, and the unyielding evidence of a life without consolation.

Because Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula was not a 'player'. Both the film and this series would go against the character of Stoker's Dracula.

Got my copy of Catching Fire._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Finished Catching Fire, now on to Mockingjay._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:15 am

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I've just started on The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett and I'm already laughing my head off! That guy is brilliant! _________________We fight, we earn, we never learn. And through it all, the hero falls...
~Heroes, Mika~

Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:46 am

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Darth SkuldrenModerator

Joined: 04 Feb 2008Posts: 6563Location: Missouri

Five By Five, a sci-fi anthology by five authors, each pitching in with a short story/novella. Authors include Aaron Allston, Michael A. Stackpole, Kevin J. Anderson, Loren L. Coleman, and B.V. Larson. I finished reading the first story by Allston "Big Plush" and I have to say it's the best short story I've ever read by Allston. It's really inventive and a great story. Worth the price of the eBook by itself._________________
"I believe toys resonate with us as humans, we can hold them them, it's tactile, real! They are totems for our extended beliefs and imaginations. A fetish for ideas that hold as much interest and passion as old religious relics for some. We display them in our homes. They show who we are. They are signals for similar thinking people. A way we connect with each other...and I guess thats why I do toys. That connection." -Ashley Wood

Finished Mockingjay and now on to Dracula. When I started reading, I realised the following: it's late, and I'm reading Dracula - two things which are not conducive to getting a good night's sleep._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:07 am

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UltimatedashKnight

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So did anyone else that read Mockingjay feel really....disappointed?? I enjoyed the first two books, but didn't really like this one at all.

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 9:46 am

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Caedus_16Master

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Ultimatedash wrote:

So did anyone else that read Mockingjay feel really....disappointed?? I enjoyed the first two books, but didn't really like this one at all.

Third one was a scattershot, I thought it was absolute crap._________________Perfection is a lifelong pursuit requiring sacrifice. The only way to get it quicker is to sacrifice the most.

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:12 pm

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VileZeroMaster

Joined: 21 Mar 2010Posts: 816Location: Maryland

Caedus_16 wrote:

Ultimatedash wrote:

So did anyone else that read Mockingjay feel really....disappointed?? I enjoyed the first two books, but didn't really like this one at all.

I felt it was decent enough. The trilogy started off strong but then it sort of petered (Peeta-d?) out. I disliked how Katniss missed out on most of the action because of her wounds, would have liked to have seen more of the rebellion itself - but, then again, it was more Her Story than Rebel Story._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:10 am

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ReepicheepMaster

Joined: 05 Feb 2008Posts: 6956Location: Sailing into the unknown

VileZero wrote:

Caedus_16 wrote:

Ultimatedash wrote:

So did anyone else that read Mockingjay feel really....disappointed?? I enjoyed the first two books, but didn't really like this one at all.

Third one was a scattershot, I thought it was absolute crap.

I liked the third one the best...

I did too.

Honestly, I didn't even consider myself a fan until the third book. I thought it tied things together nicely. I think the overwhelming death count got to a lot of people. I thought it made it an effective war story. I felt mildly shell-shocked by the end.

Overall, I loved the story and Katniss, but Suzanne Collins writing leaves a lot to be desired. The more times I read the books, the more writing flaws I find._________________
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Where the waves grow sweet,
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:03 am

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JainaSoloMaster

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Life Is The Path wrote:

Finished Mockingjay and now on to Dracula. When I started reading, I realised the following: it's late, and I'm reading Dracula - two things which are not conducive to getting a good night's sleep.

You shouldn't read a Fear Street book at night. Kept me up the whole time and I couldn't sleep a wink at the end._________________We fight, we earn, we never learn. And through it all, the hero falls...
~Heroes, Mika~

Oh, it's not so much the book that'll keep me awake, but rather what my imagination will turn it into. If I ever get through my growing mountain of books, I might pick it up._________________I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it (or even read all of it). These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.